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uabgirl Wrote:Well, my chapter (AGD) has been on campus since 1978. As far as the sororities go, we're all doing pretty well. All 4 sororities made quota this year at recruitment, including AZD, who doesn't always. The problem with greek life at UAB is that our rushes aren't that big. The guys didn't get many pledges in the fall, and sorority recruitment only had 80-90 girls turn out. It's not promoted on campus like it is at other schools...in fact, sometimes it's really discouraged. I've had professors and other students openly discourage greek life. It's a shame too, because it's such a great experience.

I think a lot of it goes back to my original post in this thread, when I (sort of jokingly) asked: UAB has a Greek system? The fact of the matter is that an urban university doesn't provide many opportunities for a Greek system to enjoy that much visibility. There is no "Greek Row," most of the students commute, and there's still no real sense of university community, though I think it's better than it was 20 years ago when I was a student. I don't know if it's the same today, but when I was a student, there also wasn't that much administrative support for the Greek system, which caused it to struggle as well.